Michael J. Hogan

For other people named "Michael Hogan", see Michael Hogan (disambiguation).
Michael J. Hogan, Congressman from New York

Michael Joseph Hogan (April 22, 1871 – May 7, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in New York City, Hogan attended both parochial and public schools.

He served as a member of the 13th Regiment, New York National Guard from 1889 to 1898. From 1914 to 1920 he served on the New York City Board of Aldermen.

He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

He served as delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1914, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, and 1926.

He engaged in the management of a transportation business in New York City. In 1935, he was convicted and sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for having accepted bribes while working for the Collector of the Port of New York.[1][2][3][4]

He died in Rockville Centre, New York, May 7, 1940 and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

Notes

  1. ↑ Hogan Convicted of Taking Bribes, N.Y. Times, Oct. 16, 1935.
  2. ↑ Hogan on Stand Recants Denial, N.Y. Times, Oct. 15, 1935.
  3. ↑ Hogan Bribe Trial Opens, N.Y. Times, Oct. 10, 1935.
  4. ↑ Hogan Denies Bribery, N.Y. Times, Oct. 12, 1935.

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
James P. Maher		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 7th congressional district
1921–1923 		Succeeded by
John Quayle

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